Decision 1246/QD-TTg 2021 approving Vietnam’s architecture development orientations through 2030

DECISION

Approving Vietnam’s architecture development orientations through 2030, with a vision toward 2050^[1]

THE PRIME MINISTER

Pursuant to the June 19, 2015 Law on Organization of the Government; and the November 22, 2019 Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Organization of the Government and the Law on Organization of Local Administration;

Pursuant to the June 3, 2019 Law on Architecture;

At the proposal of the Minister of Construction,

DECIDES:

Article 1. To approve Vietnam’s architecture development orientations through 2030, with a vision toward 2050 (below referred to as the Orientations), with the following principal contents:

I. VIEWPOINTS

1. To develop a modern Vietnamese architecture imbued with national cultural identity; to preserve, inherit and promote the traditional architectural values, selectively absorb the quintessence of global architecture, creating a unique style of Vietnamese architecture; at the same time to promote Vietnamese architecture to the world.

2. Architecture contributes to creation of a sustainable living environment; rational use of natural resources and conservation of energy; prevention and control of natural disasters and adaptation to climate change.

3. To promote the socialization of architectural activities in order to mobilize investment resources for architectural development; to encourage organizations and individuals at home and abroad to invest in physical and technical foundations with a view to developing Vietnamese architecture to be actively integrated with architecture in the region and the world.

II. OBJECTIVES

1. Overall objective

To continue to build and develop Vietnamese architecture that is modern, sustainable and rich in identity, promptly responds to the requirement of developing culture into a spiritual foundation in the process of national renewal, industrialization and modernization associated with the firm protection of the Fatherland.

2. Specific objectives

- To complete institutions and legal regulations on architecture; by 2025, to complete the formulation and promulgation of a system of national regulations and standards on architecture;

- By 2025, all urban centers will complete the formulation of the regulations on architecture management; to strive for the target that by 2030, to basically complete the regulations on management of architecture of rural residential quarters;

- To preserve, inherit and promote the traditional architectural values; to strive for the target that by 2025, all localities will complete the formulation of the lists of valuable architectural works;

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